Anyone catch the Star Wars VH1 special this weekend? I believe it was called "When Star Wars Ruled the World". Saw it, taped it, and it wasn't too bad. Of course, I always enjoy me a Star Wars show, especially the nostalgic kind that look back on the good ole days . They did have interviews with quite a few of the stars (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fischer, Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Warwick Davis, John Williams, etc.) Kind of nice seeing all this Star Wars attention over the past week too.

Did anyone happen to watch the "Priceless Collections: Boys' Toys" special on the History Channel last night? (thanks Jesse, via the front page) I happened to watch it, but the Sansweet segment wasn't until almost the very end of the show (if you are catching it on the replay, its in the last half hour). Kind of a neat little segment, highlighting different areas of his collection. It really made my collection seem quite piddly in comparison, but then again, I don't have that money to spend either. It would be cool to visit his "Rancho Obi-Wan" sometime to see all of that though, pretty amazing.

Also, on the television note...for those interested, A Charlie Brown Christmas is airing tonight on ABC. That has always been my favorite Christmas "special", and I try to watch it every year. I think it might be replayed at a later date in December as well.

Yeah, I caught that last night as well, Brian! Unfortunately, I got home too late for the regular showing from 9-11pm, so I had to stay up for the replay from 1-3am. Of course, as you pointed out already Bri, the Sansweet segment didn't come on until the second to last segment, nearly the very end - about 1 hour and 38 minutes into the show, to be exact. So I couldn't hit the sack until about 2:45am when it finally ended...

Though there were definitely some cool shots in there, I was actually kinda disappointed overall with it. Sansweet spent a little too much time being a goof, and describing certain characters and whatnot, as if folks watching the show had never seen the Star Wars flicks before. I basically wanted to see a camera slowly scroll through his entire collection house - floor by floor, hall by hall. Yeah, I know, that's a tad unrealistic, with his collection spanning over 5,000 square feet of living space.

Still fun to see it though. Maybe not 2:45am fun, but still cool nonetheless. He's obviously got a mind bogglingly insane collection, and a lot of very rare and unique pieces mixed in there. Still find it surprising to hear that he actually hits the toy stores like everyone else here does. I'm not entirely sure I believe that. Seems like something he'd get some hired help for, or have his archivist do...

Anyway, here's a link to 140 pictures of his collection as well. Check it out, some cool stuff in there...

We don't get the History Channel up here, more like HistoryTelevision Channel for us & not sure if we will ever get the show here but Thanks to a link on RS I finally got to see this segment of the show.

Interesting stuff to see, wish there was more.

Thanks for the picture link Matt, a person can eye ball that colletion better. Crap, thats alot of stuff!

I don't know if anyone caught the new Family Guy last night, but it centered on Peter saving the local bartender from a fire, while he (Peter) was blind. The whole episode Peter wanted to do something "he would be remembered for", and this act did it. Anyways, at the end of the episode, he gets a medal from the Mayor and the scene mirrors the ending scene from ANH almost exactly. Chewie accompanies him as he walks down the aisle, and R2/3PO are shown as well. It also has the same fade and credits in the style of Star Wars. Kind of neat, anyways. I believe Yakface might have a link up of the scene, if anyone is interested in seeing it.